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There really is a great variety of non fish aquatic life on Rathlin. It was reported recently in various publications that there was something like 70 new species of sponge identified during a survey of the water surrounding Rathlin Island. Some of these can be seen on Waterworld a programme broadcast on BBC last Autumn. Not sure if this footage shows any or not. There is some Grey elephant sponge though

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Enjoyed the video – came out well for the vis / light. Used it and a selection of your pictures in a lesson on animal / plant classifation today, cheers. Its suprising how many of the classroom units (15yrs old) wouldnt believe that sponges were living organisms . . . . . ..

Hi Liam, glad you liked it and delighted you were able to put it to good use. There has got to be some millege in this wee video for your classes, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnxONOT3PeE…enjoy and see you next time we are out. D

My BSAC branch are coming up to do some diving at Ballycastle in August and from the vids you posted we are very much looking forward to it! I was just wondering where the closest place to get air is as we are launching out of Ballycastle. Does Celtic Waves do air fills?

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I’ll start the ball rolling with the Bluepool. Remember if you want to write about a divesite leave a comment under the appropriate title, if there is enough interest I will even give access to add your own posts. Oh get me! Anyway I digress. The bluepool is a very versatile divesite useful for both […]